Dale Community Primary School is a state-maintained primary school in Derby, United Kingdom with 545 pupils. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Head Teacher of Dale Community Primary School and Stonehill Nursery (closes 23 November) and SEND Support Assistant (closes 30 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Louise Foster, Headteacher
Type
State-maintained, Primary
Pupils
545 pupils · 53% girls · 55.8% eligible for free school meals · 75.0% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
82 (15.0%) on SEN support · 24 (4.4%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Purpose of Post Under guidance from the SENCO, will:Provide a safe, calm and nurturing environment, alongside a programme of activities structured to the emotional, social and…
The Headteacher will provide exceptional strategic and operational leadership for the Federation of Dale Community Primary School and Stonehill Nursery School. Working in…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
53%
8%
2023/24
46%
6%
2022/23
33%
1%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
17 October 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
24.0
22.7
–
0
£49,116
2024/25
25.8
21.3
24%
0
£49,318
2023/24
24.8
22.1
12%
0
£42,835
2022/23
24.4
22.5
7%
1
£41,040
2021/22
28.7
19.4
28%
0
£39,782
2020/21
24.6
21.9
2%
0
£39,303
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
24.9
21.8
0%
0
£37,756
2018/19
25.3
21.7
4%
0
£35,858
2017/18
28.1
19.3
25%
0
£34,239
2016/17
20.8
26.3
17%
0
£34,425
2015/16
23.8
23.0
17%
0
£36,930
2014/15
27.6
19.9
14%
0
£34,613
2013/14
27.4
20.1
20%
0
£35,117
2012/13
27.4
20.6
18%
0
£35,227
2011/12
27.8
20.0
9%
0
£34,831
2010/11
27.8
19.7
8%
0
£35,858
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
6.6%
2.8%
20.9%
1.0%
2024/25
7.5%
3.1%
23.7%
1.4%
2023/24
6.3%
3.7%
22.5%
1.6%
2022/23
8.8%
4.2%
32.8%
2.0%
2021/22
7.4%
3.5%
27.0%
0.2%
2020/21
5.4%
3.6%
18.9%
2.4%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.4%
2.2%
11.6%
0.8%
2017/18
4.1%
1.7%
12.5%
0.2%
2016/17
4.6%
1.5%
11.1%
0.4%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.